Rhyme Time
What word rhymes with night?
Light (Just an example)
What device is shown in “The classroom was a zoo”?
Metaphor
Who wrote Nothing Gold Can Stay?
Robert Frost
A poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word.
Acrostic
What natural setting is central in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost?
Snowy Woods at Night
Which word rhymes with deep?
Sleep (Just an example)
What poetic device is used in “The wind whispered through the trees”?
Personification
Who wrote The Illiad
Homer
Poetry that avoids setting rhyme schemes, meters, or structures, following natural speech rhythms. (no set rules)
Free Verse
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
A stanza
What word rhymes with raven?
Haven (Just an example)
What device is used when words like “buzz,” “clang,” or “sizzle” imitate sounds?
Onomatopoeia
Who wrote a collection of 154 sonnets about love, time, and beauty?
William Shakespeare
A long, serious narrative poem telling a story of heroic adventures, such as The Odyssey.
Epic
What is the theme of a poem?
The main message or lesson
What word is a near-rhyme with heart?
Start (Just an example)
What device is being used when repetition of vowel sounds appears in nearby words, like “The rain in Spain”?
Assonance
Who wrote Paradise Lost?
John Milton
Similar to a haiku, but with five lines following a
5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure.
Tanka
What is the name for the rhythm or beat of a poem?
Meter
What word rhymes with orange?
Orange has no rhyme
What device is used when consonant sounds repeat in the middle or end of words?
Consonance
Who wrote The Waste Land?
T. S. Eliot
A 19-line poem with a highly specific pattern of repeating lines and two rhymes.
Villanelle
Why use ambiguity in poetry?
To allow multiple meanings